Privy Council throws monkey wrench in former premier’s plans
From TCI News Now The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London on Monday threw a monkey wrench in the plans of former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick by denying his appeal seeking to enforce his…
GOP stands in way of Obama gambit for offshore corporate cash
By Ben Piven From AlJazeera America President proposes to tax companies’ foreign profits for half-trillion in revenue but faces tough congressional fight Under a plan baked into the White House’s budget for 2016, U.S. corporations would theoretically be forced to…
HBO Presents ‘The Case Against 8’
HBO is pleased to premiere the HBO Documentary Films presentation The Case Against 8, showcasing the struggle for marriage equality, on Tuesday, March 2nd in the Caribbean at 21:00hrs AST*. HBO showcases the legal struggle for marriage equality with the…
Anger at bid to fly monkeys to Australia for Pirates of the Caribbean film
By Oliver Milman from The Guardian The trip from California to Australia would stress the monkeys, groups say, and Pirates of the Caribbean 5 could be made ‘without the need to exploit animals’ capuchin monkey Wednesday 18 February 2015 03.10…
Cayman Islands Financial Services Minister denies receiving letter from Miliband
Cayman Islands’ Minister of Financial Services, Wayne Panton, has said the warning letter from UK Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband regarding the Labour Party’s intention, if it wins the UK election in May he is reportedly sending to all…
Qunar to hold Annual General Meeting on February 12, 2015
BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (Nasdaq:QUNR) (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce platform, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”) at its headquarters on the…
St Kitts and Nevis: Caribbean rivals target high-end home buyers
By Teresa Levonian Cole from FT The two Caribbean islands are both focusing on the elite market with a series of prime housing projects f you’re here, you’re not all there,” runs the joke on the sleepy Caribbean island of…
The Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company turns sixteen
By Rachael Reynolds, Partner, and Jennifer Fox, Senior Associate, Ogier, Cayman Islands From International Corporate Rescue May 2014 marks the sixteenth anniversary of the Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company (‘SPC’). This article takes a look back at the SPC’s first…
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24 Migrants return to Cuba from Cayman Islands detention centre 24 Migrants Repatriated, One Remains OOnly one female Cuban migrant is currently housed at the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) after 24 of her fellow migrants were repatriated to Cuba on…
Not only cricket but West Indian self-worth at stake
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday October 31, 2014 – In a letter to the President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICB), Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines…